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“Breaking News! Code UFB!!! y-axis Alert!
“Data just dropped from CERES for September, 2025, and yet another record low for Earth albedo was set, with the 36-month reaching below 28.70% for the first time, coming in at 28.693%.
“Everything is not fine.”
[Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1993403099055333606
“Even with very high global temperatures, Earth’s Energy Imbalance is reaching record high levels again.
“See the most recent 3 months of NASA CERES (climatology corrected) data [Leon Simons]:
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/1993730450003570809
“Arctic sea-ice extent currently ranks 2nd lowest for the day since record began in 1979, and is on track to set a new daily record low in the next few days.
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? The Climate 8-ball says there’s no escape from reality.” [Prof Eliot Jacobson]
https://x.com/EliotJacobson/status/1993713133798768910
“The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too.
“…a new study has found that the deep water in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean is warming at a rate of 0.020°C per decade. According to the researchers, this rate of warming is too fast to be explained by natural geothermal heating alone.”
“Nearly the entire Canadian Arctic Archipelago recorded temperatures warmer than 5°C above the 1981-2010 baseline in October 2025. And as I shared yesterday, sea ice in the Baffin Bay is currently a record low for the date… Hudson Bay too (I’ll share that next).
“Data from Copernicus.” [Zack Labe]
https://bsky.app/profile/zacklabe.com/post/3m6heolgaj22b
“The Last Ice. Researchers complete inaugural voyage of a little-known region of Canada’s Arctic that will be home to the world’s last surviving sea ice…
“It’s the first time Canada’s research icebreaker will sail the country’s northernmost waterways. Only now has melting sea ice from climate change opened these particular waters to explore by ship.”
https://news.umanitoba.ca/the-last-ice/
“North and Baltic seas show widespread contamination by MRI contrasting agents…
“After patients excrete these contrast agents, even modern wastewater treatment plants cannot remove them from the wastewater, allowing them to enter the environment and pollute rivers and lakes. These contaminants have now reached the North Sea and the Baltic Sea…”
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-north-baltic-seas-widespread-contamination.html
“More than 110 million euros in losses in Latvia: heavy rainfall and frost have destroyed crops…
“As reported, on the 5th of August the government declared a state of emergency in agriculture across all of Latvia until the 4th of November, as persistent rainfall since May 2025 had caused flooding in many fields, significantly reducing both yield and quality, or completely destroying part of the harvest.”
“Abnormal Heat in Ukraine: Where New Temperature Records Have Been Set.
“On November 22, a record temperature of 17.2° Celsius was recorded in Chyhyryn — the highest figure in 75 years of meteorological observations. The previous record was 16° and was set in 2015. Meteorologists note that Europe is currently experiencing sharp temperature fluctuations…”
https://112.ua/en/akou-bude-pogoda-v-ukraini-v-kinci-listopada-sinoptik-potisiv-prognozom-114950
“This incredible temperature at Akthy, Dagestan, Russia [28.4C; reported in previous thread] is the highest ever recorded >1000m asl this time of the year anywhere in Europe and is at record level for the WHOLE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE at the same latitude/altitude.”
[Extreme Temps]
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1993306040121933864
“Wildfires in Armenia Continue to Rage, Approach Dilijan…
“Photographs posted on social media show that massive flames were visible from Dilijan on Tuesday night. The local government urged town residents not to “panic,” saying that hundreds of firefighters, police and civilian volunteers are hard at work.”
https://asbarez.com/wildfires-in-armenia-continue-to-rage-approach-dilijan/
“Regulatory Authority Eyes State of Emergency Due to Water Shortage [Dodecanese, Greece].
“Greece’s independent Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water (RAAEY) is reportedly ready to declare two northern Dodecanese islands – Patmos and Leros – in a state of emergency due to a water shortage, while Attica prefecture may follow.”
https://www.tovima.com/society/regulatory-authority-eyes-state-of-emergency-due-to-water-shortage/
“The disappearance of the winter kingdom [Switzerland]! Number of days without thaw in Zurich since 1882:
“20th century average: ~30
1963: 56
2025: 4! Via Simon Scherrer” [Melaine Le Roy]
https://x.com/subfossilguy/status/1993654131807113349
“Heavy rain, damage, and flooding throughout the Nocera Sarnese countryside Salerno, [Italy].
“Damage is being assessed in the province of Salerno due to the recent wave of bad weather. The main problems were recorded in the Nocera-Sarnese countryside.”
“Record heat again in CAMEROON. Douala has broken again its record of November hottest night with a Minimum Temperature of 26.2C [79.2F].
“The city port has been breaking records constantly for YEARS, every single month,often several times on the same month.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1993655300138942537
“SOUTH AFRICA is an unstoppable factory of heat waves, one after another.
“Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C [105.4F] and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1993349018626539691
“Knysna considers level 4 water restrictions as crisis deepens [South Africa].
“With Knysna’s rivers running bone-dry and dams at dangerously low levels, the municipal manager has recommended tightening the taps further by raising water restrictions all the way to stage four.”
https://iol.co.za/news/2025-11-27-knysna-considers-level-4-water-restrictions-as-crisis-deepens/
“How the Nile Water Dispute Threatens Counter-Terrorism Efforts.
“…regional disputes over water resources are stirring up conflict among peacekeeping partners and undermining the ability of allied forces to cooperate to counter this threat effectively.”
“Powerful storms, floods bring new challenges to Palestinians in Gaza…
““We have areas that have been completely submerged by water, areas that were flooded by the heavy rainfall that was mixed with sewage water as well, making it very dangerous for people here.””
“West Bank hit by flash flooding as cars stranded.
“Extreme rainfall has caused flash floods across the West Bank. Cars were seen stranded by falling rocks in Ramallah and floods in Hebron.”
https://news.sky.com/video/west-bank-hit-by-flash-flooding-as-cars-stranded-13475273
“Drought maps reveal Türkiye’s escalating long-term water crisis…
“In Central Anatolia, cities including Konya and Kayseri exhibit steadily increasing drought severity across all periods, reaching the highest drought categories. Southeastern Anatolia’s Gaziantep and Diyarbakır are also among the hardest hit, enduring severe to extraordinary drought and sustained water stress.”
“Climate change drives rising temperatures and severe drought in Uzbekistan, shows new UNEP Atlas.
“Drawing on six decades of satellite data, the Atlas finds that Uzbekistan’s average annual temperature has already risen by 1.6°C — nearly three times the global average of 0.6°C, with increases of up to between 1.8°C and 2.5°C in the Aral Sea region.”
https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=347085
“Could deepening water crisis in Central Asia trigger instability?
“…The divergence of national priorities regarding water further exacerbates this fragility. For upstream riparian states such as Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, water is the cornerstone of energy security through hydroelectric power generation.”
“Five days without water: Iraq’s Dhi Qar faces ‘catastrophic’ collapse…
“The crisis stems from climate-driven drops in water reaching the province, particularly in the Gharraf basin, according to Dhi Qar Water Authority Director Ahmed Aziz, who said that low river levels have severely affected tail-end areas…”
https://shafaq.com/en/society/Five-days-without-water-Iraq-s-Dhi-Qar-faces-catastrophic-collapse
“Satellite Imagery Shows Tehran’s Accelerating Water Crisis…
“Tehran lies in Iran’s central Markazi basin, a region encompassing over half the country’s land and the bulk of its population, but holding less than one-third of its freshwater resources. Tehran itself has doubled in size since the Islamic Revolution, growing from 4.9 million people in 1979 to 9.7 million today.”
https://www.csis.org/analysis/satellite-imagery-shows-tehrans-accelerating-water-crisis
“Iran Closes Major Forests to Tourists, Declares Red Alert Over Fire Risk.
“Colonel Majid Zakariaei, commander of Iran’s Natural Resources Management Protection Unit, announced a red alert for the forest areas and said they will remain closed until sufficient rainfall. All northern forests in Mazandaran, Golestan and Gilan provinces are closed until further notice…”
“Extreme heat in Pakistan shifting from episodic to chronic, Karachi among Asia’s hottest cities.
“Extreme heat in Pakistan is transitioning from short, episodic spikes to chronic, season-long and potentially year-round hazards, with Karachi emerging among Asia’s hottest megacities, the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has warned in a new report.”
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2624109/amp
“A cold front triggered a widespread sandstorm in Northwest China on November 26, which is very rare for November.”
[Jim Yang]
https://x.com/yangyubin1998/status/1993639007755133132
“Floods kill dozens, displace thousands in southern Thailand…
“The flooding since last week has stranded residents and travellers in their homes and hotels, with rescuers using boats, jet skis and military trucks to take them to safety. The military has deployed an aircraft carrier and mobilised helicopters to airlift patients to nearby hospitals…”
“Indonesia races to evacuate stranded residents as flood death toll hits 28…
“A rare tropical cyclone blew across Indonesia’s Sumatra island, inundating the nearby Malacca Strait and causing floods and landslides, the country’s meteorological agency said on Wednesday as large swathes of Southeast Asia grappled with deadly flooding.”
“South-east Queensland braces for intense heatwave and more storm activity…
“Wild weather hammered the south-east over three days, damaging properties and causing widespread power outages. A wind gust of 109 kilometres an hour was recorded in Dalby, north-west of Brisbane, just after 10pm on Wednesday.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/queensland-heat-and-humidity-and-storms/106054634
“South East Queensland hailstorms declared an Insurance Catastrophe by ICA.
“The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared an Insurance Catastrophe for the strong winds and damaging hail that affected South East Queensland between Sunday, November 23, and Monday, November 24, with the firm noting that insurers have already received more than 16,000 claims.”
“Australia Faces Higher Summer Wildfire Risk as Dryness Persists…
“A swathe of southern Victoria, central New South Wales, and regions in Western Australia are at risk of elevated danger after persistently warmer-than-average conditions dried the landscape throughout much of 2025, the Australian and New Zealand National Council for fire and emergency services said in a report.”
“Auckland swelters during hottest November day on record [NZ].
“Metservice has updated Thursday’s record temperatures in Auckland to 27.1°C [80.8F]. Metservice said it is the highest November temperature recorded at their Auckland Airport station since records began.”
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/580192/auckland-swelters-during-hottest-november-day-on-record
“Evolving Southern Ocean overturning in warming climates…
“Seen from observationally constrained estimate data (Methods), Southern Hemisphere surface westerly wind stress has shifted poleward and intensified from 1992 to 2017…”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65389-5
“Four bodies retrieved following major landslide in Tahiti…
“The landslide follows several days of heavy rains in the area. Meanwhile, French Polynesia’s main hospital, in Papeete has been placed on high alert to receive potential survivors of the disaster.”
“Heavy rain causes flooding, destruction, and chaos in Rio Verde [Brazil].
“Heavy rain hit the city of Rio Verde, in the Southwest Region of Goiás, this Monday (24), causing flooding in several parts of the city. Readers of the Jornal Diário da Manhã sent videos to the newsroom showing flooded streets…”
“EXTRAORDINARY – 92F/33.3C ST Thomas US VIRGIN ISLANDS HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN HISTORY again.
“All months of 2025, 2024 and 2023 have seen heat records pulverized in the Virgin Islands, nearly every day of every month. Absolute insanity.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1993754606183305451
“Another incredibly hot night in Chiapas MEXICO.
“MINIMUM 28.2C [82.8F] Arriaga, 0.1C from Mexican record of November hottest night which was recorded earlier this month. We are near record hot nights level for ALL NORTHERN HEMISPHERE for this time of the year (record belongs to Bangkok).
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/1993679291704332622
“Cold front 16 and rains bring death and flooding to Tamaulipas [Mexico].
“The passage of cold front number 16 through the northern border of Tamaulipas caused intense rains this Wednesday that generated flooding and waterlogging in several municipalities, as well as car accidents, among which one person died.”
https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/frente-frio-16-lluvias-muerte-inundaciones-tamaulipas/1754083
“Texas is running out of water. Here’s what you need to know…
“Drought has already transformed some regions of the state with significant economic consequences. In the Rio Grande Valley, the $300 million citrus industry has been crippled by lack of water. Along the Gulf Coast in Corpus Christi, the massive petrochemical complex faces water shortages as soon as next year.”
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-water-crisis-explained-21124427.php
“Rare ‘seiche’ to cause hurricane-like storm surge on Lake Erie.
“People living on the east shore of Lake Erie may see the lake’s water level rise into their yards and onto roads Wednesday night. At the same time, residents on the west shore will watch the lake recede far away from them. This phenomenon is what meteorologists call a “seiche.””
“Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake.
“For the first time, Juneau’s famous Mendenhall Glacier is not touching Mendenhall Lake, which was hidden beneath a thick sheet of glacial ice only a couple of hundred years ago. Scientists say this means the glacier has entered a new phase of its retreat.”
“Marine Heatwaves: Rising Ocean Temperatures and Their Global Impact.
“Recent studies show a staggering 240% increase in marine heatwave (MHW) days during the summers of 2023-2024. This surge is part of a larger trend indicating that these years have been the warmest on record for both land and ocean.”
https://maritimefairtrade.org/marine-heatwaves-rising-ocean-temperatures-and-their-global-impact/
“Drought amplifies human-wildlife conflict, study finds.
“A recent study from the U.S. state of California finds that the public reported more encounters with wildlife in times of drought. Researchers say they expect such drought-driven human-wildlife interactions in other areas also facing water shortages — a growing problem amid climate change.”
“Violent conflict over water hit a record last year.
“Violence over water is on the rise around the world. Researchers counted a record 420 water-related conflicts last year, including disputes that sparked bloodshed as well as attacks on water systems.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-11-26/la-enviro-violence-over-water
“US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out…
““Even without the Trump administration there to bully and cajole, petrostates again shut down meaningful progress on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels with necessary funding for poorer countries,” said Jean Su, energy justice director at the Center for Biological Diversity.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/trump-cop30-lacks-us-climate-progress
“Climate urgency means bypassing COP is necessary, says COP30 boss…
“A greater role could be given to the so-called action agenda process, which runs in tandem at the UN COP and allows groups of countries or companies to band together to implement agreed goals, he said.”
https://www.ft.com/content/959937d6-d9af-46ab-b7ea-cbd4f183080c
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Johnny Silverhands latest post is up. IMO, this guy is connecting a lot of dots: https://substack.com/home/post/p-180075465
Thanks for posting that. The only bit I disagree with is the relevance of food aid cuts. Per capita calorie intake over most of the third world (including China) has been decreasing since at least the 2000s, and fudged by national and international institutions while inflating the actual scope of food aid which is actually micro-targeted, disaster-relief food aid in most cases.
All of which to say, the impending mega droughts and famines will be both more severe and far more disastrous for the global north – the EU much more so than North America – than even Johnny Silverhands is reckoning. Europe is more food insecure than India, China and South Africa. They won’t admit it, just like they won’t admit that the so-called agricultural revolutions were failures and global north agricultural productivity only skyrocketed when extensive FF inputs and FF based mechanization in the 20th century were able to override natural climatological factors… while denying that surplus energy to the former colonies and continuing to siphon away their agricultural surpluses via the “market”.
https://kalamkopi.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/utsa-patnaik-the-agrarian-question-in-the-neoliberal-era.pdf
…the annual compound rate of net output growth for wheat [in Britain] over the entire 18th century works out to 0.32 per cent, with the first half registering 0.31 per cent and the second half 0.325 per cent. This rise in the growth rate of net output is so insignificantly small in the second half of the century, the difference being only 0.015 per cent, that it could not cope with the acceleration in the rate of population growth, and per head net output fell.
[…]The first industrial nation, Britain suffered a food deficit by the 1790s even before the first phase of the Industrial Revolution had got under way, and only increasing food imports from its nearest colony, Ireland, and food and raw material imports from its tropical colonial possessions in the West Indies and India, allowed its industrial transition to proceed at all.
“All of which to say, the impending mega droughts and famines will be both more severe and far more disastrous for the global north.”
There are way too many variables to extrapolate this with any confidence, otherwise I broadly agree with what you are saying.
For the US I agree. Russia too. The EU though is dependent on both fossil fuel and non-cereal food imports. In some cases even cereal imports are a significant share of domestic supply:e.g the UK consistently imports 35-40% of cereals, 90-100% of fruits and vegetables, 30-40% of starchy roots. Corresponding for sunny Spain: 40-50; 20-35; 50-60. Those percentages are from my own mental math, dividing imports by domestic supply.
And obviously many global south countries are naturally agriculturally unproductive. My point is that the EU is too and food aid discourse obscures that reality a little bit too conveniently for its own good.
Jupiviv, in the sort of systemic collapse scenario we are facing, the distinction between “surplus producers” and “import-dependent regions” becomes academic. Even countries with strong agricultural bases cannot operate without diesel, fertilizers, chemicals, spare parts, logistics, credit and trade.
The UK is starting to become less sanguine about its food security:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/one-years-worth-of-bread-lost-in-uk-to-wrecked-harvests-since-2020-report-finds
Thanks, Flippr. It is refreshing to read an “holistic” analysis that factors in so many of our converging crises.
I’d add two other areas of concern for major shocks – Egypt/Ethiopia/Eritrea and Algeria/Morocco/Western Sahara. Egypt has a large water deficit which will get worse with an El Nino. There are demographic issues with a high proportion of young and educated but underemployed. Also weak and weakening economies with religious and ethnic rifts between and within the states. Algeria has one of the largest growing militaries, it’s not so long since the nightmare civil war involving Islam fundamentalists, it is slowly losing fossil fuel income and the hydrologic cycle seems to be destabilising here as fast as anywhere.
Looks like the second region you mention is currently battling locust swarms, George:
“Desert locust outbreak continues in the West… surveys and control operations must continue in Algeria, and from southwestern Mauritania to southern Morocco.”
https://reliefweb.int/report/mauritania/desert-locust-outbreak-continues-west-26-november-2025-update
I can not get the Johnny silverhands page to scroll down.
See. Proof collapse is close at✋, pun intended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwg13X_2qJU
Traffic backup at DFW Airport on eve of Thanksgiving
Ahh, nevermind
Well, that looks hellish, Vince… and yet not entirely unexpected. If “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” taught us anything, it’s that Thanksgiving travel rarely goes to plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey0LpTW1YEg
Recently Bill Gates suggested we should start considering adapting to climate change if I interpret his message properly. It seems the number of people who think adapting to climate change is increasing. There is a YouTuber that does videos from time to time to debunk climate denial and he just made a new video 11 days ago regarding the subject of adaptation to climate change. The video is only 12m 53s long. The title is somewhat misleading but accurate. The video by potholer54 that addresses the claim that we can adapt to climate change:
Can we adapt to climate change? (Hint: The answer begins with ‘Y’)
He also did a longer video a year ago debunking the movie: “Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)” – I might have posted that back when that movie was released. I’m not posting it again; I’m just mentioning it because he does a good job. Title: “All the errors and fakery from “Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)” that I can fit in.”
It’s a good video. Except of course at the end where he’s plugging EVs and how cheap wind power is. 🙄 His own version of denial.
Thanks, Edward. I’ve reached a point where I no longer have the will or the mental energy to rebut climate change denial, soft or otherwise. It’s pointless and bad for the blood-pressure. The plumber informed me over a cup of tea this afternoon that climate change is definitely a hoax. I replied, “How interesting,” and changed the subject.
EV’s are going to get a little more expensive in the UK:
“Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the UK Government will introduce ‘pay-per-mile’ rules for electric vehicles (EV) as a result of falling revenue from fuel duty.”
https://transportandenergy.com/2025/11/26/budget-reeves-confirms-ev-pay-per-mile-from-2028/
I’m confused by your comment. Potholer54 isn’t a denialist. He produces some excellent videos on climate change albeit mostly through debunking. His emphasis is not on EVs or Wind energy; that was just a blip in the overall video. The point of his video was why the position of adaptability to climate change is unreasonable.
Edward, my apologies – I wasn’t very clear. I was referring to Bill Gates’ soft denial rather than Potholer54’s rebuttal.
The New Divide in the Middle East: Those With Water, and Those Left Dry
Tehran’s deepening water crisis reveals a pattern that is becoming increasingly visible across the Middle East: a system that doesn’t fail evenly, but fractures into layers. While the prime minister cautiously hinted that evacuating the capital cannot be ruled out, some neighborhoods still insist the crisis is happening “somewhere else.” That is not just wishful thinking—it is an early warning sign of a new social divide emerging across the region.
When urban hydrological systems begin to collapse, a hierarchy of access forms automatically. Not based on need, but on geography, infrastructure, and purchasing power. In Tehran, northern districts—with stronger pressure and better storage—still experience relative water security. Southern and peripheral neighborhoods face daily shortages, rationing, or complete service interruptions. The same mechanism is already visible in Basra, Cairo, Damascus, Karachi, and Lahore. Water stress is not just ecological; it becomes social. Some districts receive water daily, others once a week, others rely on tankers and black-market supply.
Psychologically, the divide reinforces itself. A small urban elite of “rain-dancers” believes their district or connections will shield them from system failure—as if gravity and pressure loss follow class boundaries. Meanwhile, households in poorer areas quietly recognize that the disruptions are not temporary glitches but the new normal. Between these two groups emerges a divide that is not merely economic but physical, dictated by the state of a drying megacity.
Iran is not an exception. Accelerated climate stress, exhausted aquifers, aging infrastructure, and rapid population growth are pushing many cities in the broader region toward the same two-tier reality. The water crisis is no longer an occasional emergency; it is becoming a structural principle of urban life. Tehran merely shows the shape of things to come: a city not drying out uniformly, but fragmenting into zones where privilege and illusion buy time, while hydrology ultimately decides the outcome.
Thank you, Zip. You make a very good point that, for now, the effects do not fall on all citizens of Tehran equally. Re the black market supply in Karachi:
“In a city already parched for water, unscrupulous businessmen behind the predatory water tanker networks have exacerbated the problem by siphoning off a large share of Karachi’s water supply and then selling it back to residents at exorbitant prices. The scale of this theft is staggering.”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2578050/karachis-water-woes-2
“Along the Gulf Coast in Corpus Christi, the massive petrochemical complex faces water shortages as soon as next year.”
😮 Buckle up, my friends!
PS Thanks for the latest silly dog video, Pan. It made me laugh. A rare and good thing these days.
My pleasure, Cassandra. That Labrador was so into it; cracked me up.
Another great one from Rees. He’s almost as doomy as I am! 😝
“Modern human societies live and grow by depleting and polluting the only habitat they have even had or will ever know (sorry, Elon).”
https://open.substack.com/pub/reeswilliame/p/homo-sapiens-inherently-unsustainable
He also explains how primitive human societies also drove species extinct.
Everywhere I turn I see PLASTICS….
Climate
4 min read
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/climate/how-extreme-weather-is-making-plastic-pollution-more-mobile-persistent-and-hazardous
The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action.
The connection between plastic and climate change usually focuses on how plastic is partly to blame for the crisis: more than 98% of it is made using fossil fuels, and climate pollution is released during every stage of its life cycle, from manufacture to disposal.
Yep. Leaving a massive legacy are we now? Well, that’s progress…
Vince, I hadn’t thought of this particular interplay but it makes sense. Oh, the tangled webs we weave…
Thanks, Cassandra, FWIW, I am more persuaded by Rees’s argument – laid out excellently here – that unsustainability is a fundamental, species-level trait than by Luke Kemp’s contention that we are only in this mess because the human enterprise has been hijacked by a few bad actors.
This isn’t to suggest that there haven’t been plenty of bad actors, btw.
Coetze’s “waiting for the Barbarians”:
“ Space is space, life is life, everywhere the same. But for me, sustained by the toil of others, lacking civilized vices with which to fill my leisure, I pamper my melancholy and try to find in the vacuousness of the desert a special historical poignancy. Vain, idle, misguided! How fortunate that no one sees me.”
‘Sustained by the toil of others” … isn’t that what the “American dream” boils down to? Preindustrial capitalism, those others’ toil was done by numerous animal species, none of which gets even a fleeting thought from the likes of Gates as he suggests we “adapt” to the carnage our desire for leisure creates.
Fried is the Gates and fraud is the road to Destruction.
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃.
“‘Sustained by the toil of others” … isn’t that what the “American dream” boils down to?”
As Louis CK says, “Slavery gets rebranded but it doesn’t totally ever go away.”
https://youtu.be/8zN5Fc1tGdQ?list=RDEM4H3vG5yQAX9W9BTC-qwcAg&t=164
Happy Thanksgiving indeed to anyone who celebrates it.
Ok I figured out how to listen to the Johnny silverhands audio. But is it possible to read what he said in black and white? I can not get the written sstuff to scroll down.
Try this link: https://johnnysilverhands.substack.com/p/3-coming-shocks
thanks it worked
“Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting!”
I shudder to think what extreme water shortages will do to Texas as many citizens have large personal arsenals to go along with land holdings going back many generations. Many feel culturally obligated to cling to great, great grandpa’s early pioneer struggles to wrest a living from the land.
“He never gave up on the land even with marauding Indians and drought, and neither will I!”
Famous last words?
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Most readers here have heard of Net Zero Emissions. How about the concept of Net Zero Immigration to eventually match to a much-reduced future Carrying Capacity?
From the EnergySkeptic website: https://energyskeptic.com/2025/legal-illegal-immigration-must-stop/
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?